pressing

/ˈprɛsɪŋ/

/ˈprɛsɪŋ/

Other forms: pressings

If something's pressing, it's very important and should be taken care of right away. Your French club's most pressing issue might be raising money for the big trip to Montreal.

Pressing business needs urgent attention, and pressing problems will turn into disasters if you don't figure out a quick way to solve them. Another meaning of pressing is "the act of exerting a strong pressure," like the pressing of apples into delicious cider. Pressing comes from the verb press, "to push against" or "to squeeze out," and later also "to urge or argue for."

Definitions of pressing

1. adjective

   compelling immediate action
   “too pressing to permit of longer delay”

   synonyms: urgent

   imperative

   requiring attention or action
2. noun

   the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
   “at the pressing of a button”

   synonyms: press, pressure

   types:

   impression

   the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another

   compressing, compression

   applying pressure

   squeeze, squeezing

   the act of gripping and pressing firmly

   condensation, condensing

   the act of increasing the density of something

   compaction, crunch, crush

   the act of crushing

   constriction

   the action or process of compressing

   type of:

   push, pushing

   the act of applying force in order to move something away
3. noun

   a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
   type of:

   part, portion

   something less than the whole of a human artifact